In which Barry Greenstein uses internet nerd chat terminology in a $300/$600 no limit ring game.
Background information:
LOL = laugh out loud
Donkey = bad poker player
Tournament poker = a place where donkeys often succeed despite their horrible play, due to the large amount of short-term variance inherent in the structure.
mashup the above to get: lol donkaments
Confused? Read on...
The 2+2 forums are the most popular poker forums online. Over the past few years they've really sprawled, to the point that there's so much content there one could never read it all. Along with such a big community comes inside jokes. One of the most popular currently is lol donkaments, which is shorthand for saying, essentially, that tournaments are dumb. It's a way to laugh off bad beats and put down successful tournament players.
Key information: the essence of lol donkaments is that in tourny play super-aggressive, semi-suicidal play is the norm. Perhaps pushing with top pair second kicker after your opponent showed aggression on the flop?
Finally, there's this. Barry is an occasional poster on 2+2. At a recent WPT event, a 2+2'er offered him $10,000 to utter the magic words on television. In the following clip, you will see Greenstein make a tourny donk move, and then say it. It's clearly the greatest moment in 2+2, and possibly in poker nerd, history.
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Hahahah.....it was just so good....so good. The best part was his smirking before doing it JUST TO SAY IT.
Call 'em Nerds, but they've already shipped over $20K to Barry's charity. The first $10K didn't even take 24 hours after the airing.
Yeah anyone who's been tracking the donations can't deny how sick it is. Over $20K in 48 hours, and most of the donations are for $20
Greenstein is the greatest Jewish athlete since Brad Ausmus.
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